Italy seize suspected Mafia assets from store boss (AP)

UPDATE: Climate Change Rules Shouldn't Hurt Economy - Germany - EasyBourse actualité
easybourse.com 11/19/2008 — (Recasts introduction, adding quotes from Merkel) TRIESTE, Italy -(Dow Jones)- Italy and Germany agree that measures to cut greenhouse gases shouldn't weigh on the economy, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference Tuesday, ...

AKI - Adnkronos international Italy: Police anti-terror raids target suspected Islamists
adnkronos.com 11/19/2008 — Trieste, 18 Nov. (AKI) - Italian anti-terrorism police have carried out at least 135 raids and are investigating 11 foreigners in various Italian regions who are suspected of links to an alleged Morocco-based Islamist group. The organisation, called ...

'Dutch Positive on Immigration despite Linking It to Crime'
nisnews.nl 11/20/2008 — THE HAGUE, 19/11/08 - The Dutch see a stronger link than most other Europeans between immigration and crime. At the same time, the number of people saying immigration in general is a problem is relatively low in the Netherlands, according to the ...

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Italy: Police raids target suspected jihadist group — Jihad Watch

Gin and Bully Beef — Neptunus Lex

An Environmentalism of Doubt (The Return?) — The Corner on National Review Online

The World's Most Powerful Eating Strategies — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Italy fights mob terror near Naples (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/16/2008
AP - The paratroopers' armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.

US museum to return looted art to Italy (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
AP - A U.S. museum will return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy.